Iowa State University has been a focal point for free speech issues the past few years because of moves free speech advocates criticized as stifling speech and expression.
American democracy is in trouble, and things aren’t likely to get better anytime soon, a range of academic and professional experts lament. All the while the 24-hour cable news media enables fringe elements that drive gridlock, they add.
IowaWatch's coverage of the Fox News debate in Ames. Republican presidential hopefuls like Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, and John Huntsman Jr. threw off the gloves during the debate, attacking both President Obama and each other as the race for the nomination beings to heat up.
